Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18

s,ead of election of City M MAJ cha i;o1 ahs
House bill approprlat'ng s'5 me Madi-
s son Normal ;ar School; apgropriating $500 $500
bonds for the erection of the Central DaKo ono
University at Aberdeen; appropriatng $3.50
bonds for the erection OF a Dormltory :. uIaD1
Forks University; Also an f aPPrG and dormi-
tory for the Brookings Agricultural college,
a%pSronriating s23, COO bonds for the Spearfish
Normal School. Bills were introduced IN tne
House providing for the insurance OF crops
against hail; providing for a Dis.rie; t A,.off ny
levy of a 5-mill road tax; requiring Kee's gns
of Deeds to certify and make abstracts. Inc
House passed Council bills: providing 33o,NO
for the construction of the:plankington Reform
s ss1%% tas House re s3'l sPp'eR {isss1y;
creating two Territorial Boards of Agriculture,
and providing fairs for North and South Da-
kota and appropriating 5000 each; fixing the
legal rate Of intcres and defining usury. lthxes
the rate at ~ per cent and amply provides
that excess of that rate cannot be recovered by
action. Also for protecting game; Council PHI
recurring teachers to keep q record OF The
visits of County superintendent. I House
at the evening session passed the House bill
Register of Deeds to take effect January, 1884
1t mTakesthe limit of fees ~, GOO, the balance
to he tnrned into the treasury; also enforcing
lien on progeny for service to s%tallion; also
creating the Office of County Auditor on petit
ton of twenty voters. Adjourned
On the 4th bills were introduced in the
Council relating to irrigating bitches; to the
duties of the Board and salary of the Secretary
of the Madison Normal Schools; relating to
hail insurance; exempting Savings Banks from
certain provisions Of the Penal Code; appro-
priating $500 OO bonds for the improvement of
the Bismarck Penitentiary. Local option
came upand the chief contest developed was
whether the division question might be sub
prevailed and the bill finally passed.17 to :.
1t provides for an election, to be held in No
vember in every county where one-third
of the electors petition for the same. If the
election results afirmatively the liquor traffic
is prohibited in the whole county, regardless
of city license. Council bills passed: Appro-
priating $4,000 to establish q Soldiers Home
at Wahpeton; the House bill appropriating
50, Ot0 bonds to establish a Soldiers Home at
Hot Springs; the Council bill appropriating
425, COO bonds to establish a Soldiers Home at
Pierre. The Council bill locating a Soldiers
Home at Frankfort without an appropriation
was defeated. The House bill defining the
boundaries of Billings and Stark Counties was
passed; the Council bill to legalize foreclosure
advertisements published only six times; also
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Aberdeen for expenses connected with the
| Aberdeen EncamDment. In the House, bills
| were introduced: For regulating the grain
business; in reference to closing barber shops
on Sunday; providing for the qualification OF
county and township officers; a Joint memorial
Tor current expenses of the Madison Normal
School. The House passed the House bill re-
quirins the record of certain probate orders
and DEGREES; also creating the Counties Of
| h1,yo and 1n,ro ~ tIn 1N,,rf1n Nr,,rkoin
region. A large number of bills were con-
sidered i'll Committee of the Whole. Ad-
%journed.
BnLs were introduced in the Council on the
9th as follows: Permitting County Commits
sioncrs to designate papers for the publication
of delinquent taxes: providing Clerical assis-
lance for the Territorial Board of Education;
appropriating $S5, 600 for current expenses of
the Sioux Falls Penitentiary: requiring $50
license for c Chinese laundry; providing for a
form OF acknowledgement in cOnveyancing in
struments; repeating the requirement for Aud
itors to submit to three newspapers the publ
passed the Council bill authorizing Railroads to
appoint Police officers; allowing $3.50 an
nually each to Supreme Court Judges for trav-
cling expenses; the substitute for Hughes
grain warehouse bill; the House bill prohib-
ling the sale of liquor in the Capital building.
At the evening session the Council passed
Council bills pertaining to railroad corpora
tons cleo i IS directors at meetings outside of
the Territory; imposing a penalty on insur-
ance companies doing business without au-
thority: extending the usury laws over Black
Hills Counties; allowing court reporters 5
cents mileage; nppropriating $4,000 for cur
rent expenses of the Jamestown Insane Hos
pital; appropriating 81 S,Ouo for current ex-
penses of the Yankton Hospital for the Insane.
A letter was read charg ng cruelty and
starvation against the management of the
s.hool. No credence is placed in the charge.
The House passed Council bills relating to
damages caused by Railroads; the Educational
bill prepared by the Superintendent of Public
instruction. The House killed the Council bill
for paying mileage for a Committee to visit
Montana concerning ple%uro-pneumonia. The
afternoon was consumed in discussing the bill
granting suffrage to women on municipal
questions: A number of strong speeches were
made in Committee of the Whole, which finally
reported indefinite postponcment. The report
was adopted by 50 to II. So Woman Suf-
fragc is dead for the present. Adjourned.
The Governor nominated Eugene A.. Dye, of
Mellette, as Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, and Frank A. Wilson, of Bathgate. as
Assistant Superintendent. Trustees not pre-
yiously acted on by the Council were all con-
tirmc0 eXcnnt TwOmhlov